Radboud University, Nijmegen

Radboud University is one of the best traditional, general universities of the Netherlands. This page gives more information about our organisation, core values and history. Our university wants to contribute to a free and healthy world with equal contribute to a free and healthy world with equal opportunities for all and to make a significant impact on a regional and an international level. Radboud University is a private university that owes its origins to the Catholic emancipation movement that was active at the start of the twentieth century. The university’s staff members and students feel connected to each other, to society, and to the world around them. We focus our attention on taking care of each other and the world around us and we are committed to equal rights for social and cultural minorities. We want to make a difference and, to this end, we are guided by academic issues and social challenges. Our university wants to contribute to a free and healthy world with equal opportunities for all and to make a significant impact on a regional and an international level. That is the key message of our A Significant Impact strategy. We are guided by both academic questions and societal challenges. We have an eye to ethical issues and the implications of our research for society. We are active across many fields of academic endeavour. Research and teaching are closely interlinked at our university. We encourage an open intellectual climate in which staff and students inspire and challenge one another, a climate in which they change perspectives, push boundaries, take responsibility and reach their full potential. We form a close academic community together with Radboud university medical center. Staff and students feel a commitment to one another, to society and to the world around them. Radboud University is a general university. This means that we have programmes in both alfa and bèta sciences (including medical sciences), and in social sciences. When it comes to scientific research, all disciplines are represented at Radboud University. On campus, there is also a lot of interdisciplinary collaboration. Radboud University has a thriving academic community in which staff and students inspire and challenge each other. We appreciate and respect each other's differences. Radboud University is ranked among the leading group within the most important international rankings. Our students develop into conscientious, committed, critical and self-confident graduates who go on to take up responsible positions in society. In order to promote certain themes within ourstrategy, we are working with various programmes and initiatives that offer incentives and capacity for change. ...view more